Global Marriage [electronic resource] : Cross-Border Marriage Migration in Global Context /
Williams, Lucy.author.
The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introducing Cross-Border Marriage Migration; 2 Gendering Migration; 3 An Agency Approach to Understanding Marriage Migration; 4 An Overview of Global Cross-Border Marriage Migration; 5 Power, Stigma and Violence in Migration and Cross-Border Marriage; 6 Transnational Marriage within South Asian Communities; 7 Cross-Border Marriages within East Asia; 8 Marriage within Refugee Communities; 9 Migration Regimes and Policy Implications; 10 Migrant Life/Married Life; 11 Conclusion and a Proposed Research Agenda; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliography (p. 224-239) and index.
The popular imagination of marriage migration has been influenced by stories of marriage of convenience, of forced marriage, trafficking and of so-called mail-order brides. This book presents a uniquely global view of an expanding field that challenges these and other stereotypes of cross-border marriage.
Social work.
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Ethnicity.
Families.
Families—Social aspects.
Social groups.
Family.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
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Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.